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package org.apache.nutch.util;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.*;
import org.junit.Assert;

public class WritableTestUtils {

  /** Utility method for testing writables. */
  public static void testWritable(Writable before) throws Exception {
    testWritable(before, null);
  }

  /** Utility method for testing writables. */
  public static void testWritable(Writable before, Configuration conf)
      throws Exception {
    Assert.assertEquals(before, writeRead(before, conf));
  }

  
  /** Utility method for testing writables. */
  public static Writable writeRead(Writable before, Configuration conf)
    throws Exception {
    
    DataOutputBuffer dob = new DataOutputBuffer();
    before.write(dob);
    
    DataInputBuffer dib = new DataInputBuffer();
    dib.reset(dob.getData(), dob.getLength());
    
    Writable after = (Writable)before.getClass().newInstance();
    if (conf != null) {
      ((Configurable)after).setConf(conf);
    }
    after.readFields(dib);
    return after;
  }
  
}
